Hope Teague-Bowling Per 3 March 2015 “I’ve Got the Power!” Status in the Igbo Culture...

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“I’ve Got the Power!”Status in the Igbo Culture

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Definition & Significance

• Status & Power: – Men & Women Complimentary – Relatives– Titles

Creates order and systems so people can thrive in the world.


Pre-Colonial Times

For Men• Earned• Land• Wives & Children• Titles• Wealth

For Women• Household• Children• Husband• Spiritual

Power

Power

DutyHonor

Post-Colonial Times

• Earned & Bough

Power

DutyHonor

When Cultures Collide…


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Bibliography

Rojas, Maria. "Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria." Women in Pre-Colonial Nigeria. Post-Impe-rial and

Post-Colonial Literature in English, 1990. Web. 28 Feb. 2015.

Mahanta, Pona and Dibakar Maut. "The Impact of Colonizer on the Colonized: A Postcolo-nial

Study of." IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Ver. II 19.11 (201 4): 01-08. www.iosrjournals.org. Web.


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